ACCt)UNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. I5 



Yahoudeh, near Cairo, com[)rising objects from the age of Rameses III., of the 20th 

 dynasty, till the Roman dominion in Egypt. Of these the most remarkable are — 



Several tiles of fayence, in different colours, representing in relief the figures of Asiatic 

 and Negro prisonei's. 



Inlaid tiles, with inscriptions, and the names and titles of Rameses III. 



Alabaster fragments, Avitli the name of the same monarch. 



Portions of the capitals of two columns, inlaid with circular tiles of the period of the 

 Greek or Roman dominion. Presented by the Rev. Greville J. Cliester. 



Alabaster fragments of portions of faces, arms, and feet for inlaying into the walls. 



Bronze head of a ram. 



A bronze hand, part of a standard or censer. 



Bronze mason's chisel. 



Portion of a granite clepsydra, inscribed with the name and titles of Alexander the 

 Great in hieroglyphs. From Tel el Yahoudeh. 



Calcareous stone head of an Egyj^ti; n monarch. From Crocodilopolis. 



Granite fragment of statue, with the name of Shishak. 



Calcareous stone torso of a monarch. From Tel el Yahoudeh. 



Calcareous stone head of a king. From Benha el Assal. 



Plaster hand, life size. From Tel Basta 



Plaster relief head of a monarchy and lines of a sculptor. 



Calcareous stone square models of sculptor, with bas-reliefs of head of monarch, owl, 

 eagle, and quail. 



Specimen of mortar from the Great Pyramid at Gizeh. Presented by the Rev. 

 Greville J. Chester. 



Specimens of cloths and embroidery from Sakkara. Presented by the Rev. Greville 

 J. Chester. 



Palm stick inserted into the head and trunk of a decapitated mummy. From Sakkara. 

 Presented by the Rev. Greville J. Chester. 



Silver seal, inscribed " The House of Ammon," in hieroglyphs. Found at Smyrna. 



Four stone hammers. From the Wady Magarah. 



Fragment of the face of the rock of the Wady Magarah, supposed to have been cut by 

 chisels. Presented by H. Bauerman, Esq. 



Two Inscriptions, in the ancient Hebrew- Phojnician character, discovered by M. 

 Clermont Ganneau at Siloam-el-Fogani, near Jerusalem, acquired through M. Clermont 

 Ganneau and Mr. Consul Moore. 



Three slabs, with Himyaritic inscriptions, and a small monument, in shape of a 

 pyramid, also inscribed with the same, and two bronze plates inscribed with Himyaritic 

 inscriptions. Presented by Captain Prideaux, k.e., Assistant Political Resident at Aden. 



Bronze ring, with a Himyaritic monogram. 



Silver clasp or amulet, inscribed with the name of " Hanbazim, son of Makmahasim," 

 in Himyaritic characters. Presented by Captain Prideaux, r.e.. Assistant Political 

 Resident at Aden. 



-S". Bircli. 



Depaetment of Greek and Roman Antiquities. 



I. — A rrangement. 



Forty-seven pieces of sculpture and architecture, seventeen inscriptions, thirty-eight 

 mosaics, thirty-nine bronze figures, and one hundred and ninety-two objects in iron, have 

 been mounted or repaired ; progress has been raade in repairing sculptures from Priene, 

 in fixing frieze of Parthenon, and in arranging and fixing sculptures and mosaics in 

 Graeco-Roman Basement Rooms ; seventy-five vases and two marble inscriptions have 

 been cleaned or repaired ; one hundred and twenty-eight gems have been mounted in 

 silver-gilt settings ; eight hundred and ninety-three plaster casts of gems have been 

 cleaned and mounted In gilt-edged paper; seventy plaster casts of gems have been made; 

 two new cruciform cases have been placed in the Bronze Room, and four glass shades for 

 select objects In the First and Second Vase Rooms; descrqitlve titles have been attached 

 to five hundred and eighty-three objects; three hundred and twenty-four objects have 

 been catalogued, and thirty-two objects have been registered ; a Guide to the Bronze 

 Eoom has been published ; new editions of the Guide to First Vase Room, and of the 

 general Guide, have been issued, 



II. — Acquisitions. 



I. Greek Inscription recording a dedication to the Emperor Vespasian, by the people 

 of Hyrcania, in Lydla. From the castle near Ephesus. 



Presented hy E. Purser, Esq., Srmjrna. 



II. Terra-cotta lamp of late Roman period. 



Presented by S. Pinto, Esq. 

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